Phosphatic grains of the shallow marine phosphorite deposits of Egypt are classified as
either phosphatic bioclasts preserving biological structure (eg skeletal fragments such as …

This study evaluates the palynologic, organic, inorganic, and petrographic properties of
organic-rich black shale (Mahamid Mine) in the El Sebaiya area, Nile Valley, Egypt. Black …

In Egypt, organic-rich sediments in the Duwi and Dakhla Formations of the Campanian-
Danian age are customarily assigned as “oil shale” that occupies the middle latitudes of the …

The present investigations focus on an integrated sedimentological, mineralogical and
geochemical evaluation of the carbonaceous shales from Egypt. The analysis of the black …

Abstract The late Cretaceous-Danian (K-Pg) organic-rich sequence is a global archive that
witnessed abrupt paleo-condition changes during a high sea-level. In Egypt, this sequence …

The ever increasing demand for energy and the progressive depletion of crude oil
resources, have renewed interest in oil shale as an alternative fuel resource. Weathered oil …

Cretaceous-Paleocene organic-rich sediments in Egypt occur as an east-west trending belt
extending from the Quseir-Safaga district (Red Sea) to the Kharga-Dakhla (Western Desert) …

Abstract The Upper Cretaceous black shales of Egypt are part of the worldwide belt of Late
Cretaceous organic-rich shales. Black shales are particularly prominent in North Africa and …

A relatively thick Upper Cretaceous–Lower Tertiary sedimentary succession is exposed in
Gebel Duwi, Red Sea area, through an almost horizontal tunnel cutting the NE dipping strata …

Four reference sections through the calcareous-siliciclastic rocks of the Lower Cretaceous
Kurnub Group and the Amman and Muwaqqar formations of the Upper Cretaceous to …